GREENVILLE, S.C. (Jan. 31, 2011) - Michelin today announced its 2011 lineup
of GT category technical partner teams for the American Le Mans Series,
adding a pair of Ford GTs from Robertson Racing and an exotic new Panoz
Abruzzi. Continuing their long relationship with Michelin are the Flying
Lizard Motorsports Porsche, Risi Competizione Ferrari and Corvette Racing
teams. Also continuing with Michelin after a highly successful inaugural
season in 2010 is the Extreme Speed Motorsports Ferrari team headed by
former ALMS prototype champion Scott Sharp. Each is a leader for their
respective factory efforts in ALMS.

"The ALMS GT category is considered to be the most competitive category in
international motorsports today," said Silvia Mammone, Michelin Motorsports
manager. "We are pleased to have all of our 2010 ALMS technical partner
teams continue with Michelin and we look forward to working with the
Robertson and Panoz teams and welcoming their fans and friends to the
Michelin ALMS family."

Based in Sonoma, Calif., the Flying Lizard Porsche team is a two-time ALMS
GT class champion. The team claimed four wins in 2010 ALMS competition as
drivers Joerg Bergmeister and Patrick Long claimed their second consecutive
ALMS driver championships. The Flying Lizard team also claimed the
MICHELIN® GREEN X® Challenge season championship for the second consecutive
year.

Risi Competizione Ferrari scored three ALMS race wins in 2010, including
the Twelve Hours of Sebring. The Houston-based squad has two wins each at
Sebring, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Road Atlanta's Petit Le Mans in the
past three seasons. The team will debut the new Ferrari F458 in 2011.

An eight-time GT1 class champion in ALMS and six-time winner at Le Mans,
the New Hudson, Michigan-based Corvette Racing team competed its first
full season in the GT class in 2010, taking the victory in the season
ending Petit Le Mans.

Building on a successful inaugural GT season in 2010 is the Stuart, Florida-
based Extreme Speed Motorsports Ferrari team headed by former ALMS
prototype champion Scott Sharp. Extreme Speed posted a pair of front-row
starts and a second place finish at Petit Le Mans in its first GT season.

"Michelin places a tire engineer with each of our technical partner race
teams," said Karl Koenigstein, Michelin ALMS technical team leader. "We do
that to provide a constant source of fresh data, insights and understanding
of the performance of our tires in the extremes of competition and provide
our partners with exceptional levels of feedback and support."

"Our long and highly successful connections with Porsche, Ferrari and
Corvette help us understand the different needs of rear-, mid-, and front-
engine cars all running in the same class. Now, by adding diverse cars like
the Robertson Racing Ford GTs and the Panoz Abruzzi we can capture an even
broader range of data and experience to help us develop future tires for
the street as well as race tires," said Koenigstein.

"Everyone at Robertson Racing is delighted to be working with Michelin
during the upcoming ALMS season," said Andrew 'H' Smith, Team Manager of
the Braselton, GA-based Robertson Racing. "Their continued success in
motorsport around the world, particularly in the GT and sportscar arena,
ensures that we could not be working with a more accomplished tire
technical partner for the unique rigours and challenges presented by
endurance racing. I am certain that it won't be long before we start seeing
the mutual benefits of this exciting new partnership as we step up our
program in 2011, which includes a potential Le Mans 24 Hours entry.
Naturally we cannot wait to begin developing this exciting collaboration,
one which will see the iconic Ford GT race on MICHELIN tires for the first
time in American Le Mans Series history."

Michelin has 105 wins in GT class competition, including 17 of 19 over the
past two ALMS seasons. In addition, Michelin has won the ALMS GT Tire
Championship for 11 consecutive years.

Michelin is expected to announce its ALMS prototype technical partner teams
and Le Mans Prototype Challenge entries next week. Michelin and its
technical partner teams will begin the 2011 American Le Mans Series season
at the Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 19.